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Makhado impact assessment set aside by High Court

9th December 2015

By: Megan van Wyngaardt

Creamer Media Contributing Editor Online

  

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JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) – A condition compelling Coal of Africa Limited (CoAL) to conduct a strategic regional impact assessment as part of its environmental authorisation for its eight-billion-ton Makhado coking coal project, in Limpopo, has been set aside by the North Gauteng High Court.

The miner on Wednesday said that, following the launch of an interim court interdict in December 2014 and a subsequent counter-application in March this year, the court found that CoAL still had to review the environmental authorisation.

The interim interdict against the environmental authorisation remained in place pending the review; however, the company believed the nature of the interdict would not delay its timeline with regard to the start of construction in the second half of 2016.

“CoAL will study the judgment in detail and will review its various options available,” the miner stated.

Edited by Chanel de Bruyn
Creamer Media Online Managing Editor

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